Text linguistics
Zeit und Ort:
Mi 14:00 - 16:00, SR 4.119
Text linguistics at
the dbt
Topics
- 2009-04-22 Introduction: texts and texture
Homework assignment:
Halliday & Hasan call the verses read out by the White
Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland "an excellent example of a
pseudo-text."(48)
What do they mean by `pseudo-text' and why is the poem an example for this kind
of text? (To read the poem, use the link to the full text below and search for
"These were the".)
- 2009-04-29 Cohesion
- 2009-05-06 Lexical cohesion
Reading and exercises:
Read the chapter from Halliday's grammar (dbt), especially the part on lexical
cohesion.
Analyze the "grizzly" text for ties based on lexical cohesion.
- 2009-05-13 Reference
Reading and exercises:
Analyze a short text of your choice (100-150 words) for cohesive ties based on the
classical sense relations used in lexical semantics.
- 2009-05-20 Reference: complex anaphora
Reading:
Consten, M. / Knees, M., 2008. Complex Anaphors in Discourse. In: Benz, A. / Kühnlein, P. (Hg.), Constraints in Discourse. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 181-199.
- 2009-05-27 Reference: abstract objects
Reading:
pp. 18-32 in: Asher, N. 1993. Reference to abstract objects in
discourse. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
- 2009-06-03 Reference: anaphors to abstract objects
Reading:
pp. 34-40 in: Asher, N. 1993. Reference to abstract objects in
discourse. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
- 2009-06-10 Ellipsis and substitution
- 2009-06-17 Conjunction
- 2009-06-24 Text classification: written and spoken English
- 2009-07-01 Text classification: identifying functional dimensions
Reading:
Tannen, D., 1982. Oral and literate strategies in spoken and written
narratives. Language 58(1):1-21
- 2009-07-08 Text classification: MF/MD approaches
Reading:
Biber (1988), chapter 4
- 2009-07-15 Conclusion
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